Pre-1850s differences Flashcards
State in 1820?
11 free states, 11 slave states.
Population inbalance between North and South?
1790: Equal
1850: Northerners outnumbered southerners 3 to 2
Missouri compromise date?
1819-20
What was the conclusion of the Missouri Compromise?
- To balance the admittance of Missouri, a new free state of Maine was created.
- Henceforward there should be no slavery in the Louisiana Purchase Territory, north of latitude 36 30’. South of that line slavery could exist.
Thomas Jefferson’s view on the Missouri Compromise?
‘This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.’
When did Mexico pass a law to free slaves?
1829
When was American immigration into Texas banned?
1830
How many Texans in 1835?
Americans: 30,000
Slaves: 5,000
Mexicans: 5,000
What did President Jackson do when Santa Anna marched north and killed Texan defenders in March 1836?
He sympathised by offered no official sympathy.
Mixed opinions on Texan joining the Union.
- Northerners against
- Southerners for
Both Jackson and Van Buren avoided the issue.
When did Texas become a major issue?
1844 election between Whig Clay and Democrat Polk.
- Polk was a slave owner from Tennessee
Why were Northerners angry with Polk?
- He ignored his pre-election promises to admit Oregon ( a free-slave state).
- He instigated Mexican-American war to gain more slave land (California and New Mexico).
Who was O’Sullivan?
Democrat Journalist for New York Morning News
'’it is a right as that of the tree to the space of air and earth suitable for the full expansion of its principle and destiny of growth’
What did Polk do to instigate Mexican-American war?
1845 Polk sent US troops to disputed border area north of the Rio Grande River. In May 1846, Mexican troops ambushed US soldiers. 16 killed and wounded.
Polk declared that Mexicans had ‘shed American blood on American soil’ and asked Congress to declare war.
When did the Mexican-American war end?
Autumn 1847
How much did the Mexican-American war cost?
$100 million
What tariffs were put in place in the Tariff of Abominations 1828?
38% on 92% of all imported goods.
Results of the Tariff of Abominations?
South Carolina nullified the tariff and threatened to leave the union in 1832.
Jackson mobilised the army against them.
Gag Rule date
1836
How was the Gag rule passed?
117 to 68
Who promoted the Gag rule?
Pinckney (a representative of North Carolina)
- Led Pinckney Committee (handled all anti-slavery petitions)
When was Gag Rule repealed?
1844
Who overturned the Gag Rule?
John Quincy Adams and Joshua Giddings
What was the Gag rule?
- ‘no petition, memorial, resolution, or other paper praying the abolition of slavery… shall be received by this House, or entertained in any way’
Rule 21 of the 26th House
